Author: Micah

  • Out the Door in Two Hours

    My family and I are leaving for the UK in two hours. I’m excited. The trip comes at just the right time. Baruch is old enough to walk around for a whole day without a nap. Mom and Dad are young enough to do the same. I’m not in Thailand yet. Judah isn’t in Mexico.…

  • Truth Lies in Paradox

    I’m in the midst of a quick reread of The Universe Next Door by James W. Sire. I’d read this worldviews catalog for a worldviews class a few years ago at Messiah College. I appreciate the way Sire traces the way different worldviews flow into and out of each other both historically and philosophically. The…

  • No Turning Back

    I just wrapped up a reading of a prepublication draft of No Turning Back. You should read it (I’ll loan you my copy or you might be able to get one from BICWM). Think “Blessed Be Your Name” with skin on. The book tells the story of the Zook children. Four of them went to…

  • Worth Writing

    I don’t know if I’m just overly guarded, or if I think most of my life is boring, or what else, but it seems to me that most things I encounter in a day that are worthy of note, are not of the public note genre. Most things worth saying seem too personal to say.…

  • Capitol Theatre

    Hurray for having the Longs as neighbors! I have recently had several good evenings just sitting and talking over there. Yesterday my visit had the added bonus of butter bars. Yesterday evening I also went to a presentation of the poetry of John Mollick at the Capitol Theare. I went because my cello teacher and…